Emynd’s Lunch Break Beats is a series of club-friendly blends, edits, or beats Emynd produced on his laptop (usually while sitting in his car on some random side street in Wilmington, D-ware just after eating his WaWa lunch) while on his lunch break at his 9 to 5. The whole series can be found here.

I really know very little about House music and kind’ve just assumed this Sharon S song “Wonderful” (1993/4) was a really well-known, classic House track. Apparently it’s not though because I asked a couple in-the-know folks if they had a high quality mp3 of it so I could upgrade, and these know-it-alls knew nothing. A couple folks had heard it though, so it’s not completely obscure or anything. Anyway, this is one of my favorite House songs ever and I wanted to throw some stuff on top of the more spacious parts to make this more relevant for a crowd that isn’t made up primarily of House music nerds. So, I threw Fatman Scoop on top yelling a lot and Timbaland’s brief verse from “Drop” intros the song for easy mixing.

UMD/Sharon S “Wonderful” (Emynd’s “Drop” Party Break):
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Emynd’s Lunch Break Beats is a series of club-friendly blends, edits, or beats Emynd produced on his laptop (usually while sitting in his car on some random side street in Wilmington, D-ware just after eating his WaWa lunch) while on his lunch break at his 9 to 5. The whole series can be found here.

RUN FOR COVER! Elephant Man’s classic “Die By Gun” from the Stepz Riddim on top of THE BEST PRODUCER ALIVE’s Vibe Music jam “Drifter.” I really really love this beat and thinks the Energy God fits on top nicely.

Shawty Redd “Drifter (Inst)” / Elephant Man “Die By Gun” (Emynd Blend):
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Emynd’s Lunch Break Beats is a series of club-friendly blends, edits, or beats Emynd produced on his laptop (usually while sitting in his car on some random side street in Wilmington, D-ware just after eating his WaWa lunch) while on his lunch break at his 9 to 5. The whole series can be found here.

I recently told my man noz that Philly rappers should only rap on drums. That should be the Philly regional sound: rap, drums, and maybe a couple honks or chimes here and there (and, to a certain extent, that kind’ve is the legacy and history of Philly rap as is). “75 Bars” is another drum heavy Philly jawn that knocks so effing hard in its simplicity. As soon as I heard the song a couple weeks back, I knew I wanted to spicen it up a bit and put a Jamaican DJ on top. Busy Signal fits the ball quite well. I kept it short and sweet and threw some always effective Fatman Scoop chants on the intro.

Knock it!

The Roots “75 Bars (Inst)” / Busy Signal “Not My Problem” (Emynd Blend):
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Emynd’s Lunch Break Beats is a series of club-friendly blends, edits, or beats Emynd produced on his laptop (usually while sitting in his car on some random side street in Wilmington, D-ware just after eating his WaWa lunch) while on his lunch break at his 9 to 5. The whole series can be found here.

Man, the best thing about Serato [besides saving my back (PAUSE)] is that you can whip something up and try it out at the club THAT NIGHT. I dropped this relatively simple, re-sequenced, & re-worked blend of Ding Dong’s “Badman Forward” on top of Reel 2 Reel’s timeless corny house anthem “Move It” at the club last night and it was by far one of the most effective things I played all night. Certainly not something for all crowds, but the Ding Dong vocals add some fresh life to this track and makes it significantly less corn-infused. I’m particularly happy with the swooping delay that leads right up to the Ding Dong vocal drop.

Like Bliz’s recent Mavado blend here this was inspired by Federation Sound’s blend of Vybz Kartel on top of “Show Me Love.”

As always, thoughts are appreciated.

Ding Dong’s “Badman Forward” / Reel 2 Reel’s “Move It” (Emynd Blend):
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Emynd’s Lunch Break Beats is a series of club-friendly blends, edits, or beats Emynd produced on his laptop (usually while sitting in his car on some random side street in Wilmington, D-ware just after eating his WaWa lunch) while on his lunch break at his 9 to 5. The whole series can be found here.

This is the first of many tracks I will be posting over the next several weeks and months of useful club joints that I produced while on my lunch break at work (9 to 5 DJs/Producers, please stand up!). The first of these tracks is this dancehall version of Madonna, JT, and Timbaland”s “4 Minutes.” I love the beat and wanted to make something HARD out of it that I could drop at the club that wouldn’t immediately soften up the vibe. The Elephant Man acapella is pretty old (it’s from the Egyptian riddem from 2003) but I think it sounds good on this ish despite being out of key. I also threw some Fatman scoop party break ish on top of the mixable intro to keep it hype.

Elephant Man “Egyptian Dance” / Madonna & Timbaland “4 Minutes” (Emynd Blend):
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